Books published by University of Georgia Press

The scope and content of Conflict and Conflict Management derive from some of the most frequently asked questions about the subject. What is social conflict? What are its prominent characteristics? Is conflict inevitable? How do social structure and unequal distribution of power affect the prevalence and nature of conflict?

Sweeping across the grave of an ancient empire, settling in among the manikins of Madison Avenue, singing for salvation from an earthly fire, Casey Finch's poems wrestle with the political, personal, and religious questions of our age.

Presents Susan Stewart's second collection of poetry.

Gary Margolis's first book of poems is accomplished in its craftsmanship. For many years he has been publishing in magazines and, in this initial gathering of his work, he presents a sustained, mature poetic voice. This is a collection of his best poems and a carefully considered whole, a book that is consistently lyrical and moving.

These are poems of the present, of commercials and human interest stories, of the drive-in windows that make banks and bedrooms of our cars. Describing the world he has seen and loved as well as how that world sometimes threatens itself, Gary Margolis speaks with caring humor and seriousness of the brokenness and beauty of America's present.

Explores the contours of southern male identity from Reconstruction onwards. This book contains twelve case studies that document the changing definitions of southern masculine identity as understood in conjunction with identities based on race, gender, age, sexuality, and geography.

An anthology of Davis' civil war-era work. It explores such issues as racial prejudice and slavery, the loneliness and powerlessness of women, and the effects of postwar market capitalism on the working classes.

The spread of weapons of mass destruction poses one of the greatest threats to international peace and security in modern times - the specter of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons looms over relations among many countries. This volume examines challenges faced by the international community.

The mass migration of Latin Americans to the US South has led to profound changes in the social, economic, and cultural life of the region and inaugurated a new era in southern history. This multi-disciplinary collection of essays explores these transformations in rural, urban, and suburban areas of the South.

Features ten short stories that explore loss and sacrifice in American suburbia. In idyllic suburbs across the country, from Philadelphia to San Francisco, the narrators struggle to find meaning or value in their lives because of (or in spite of) something that has happened in their pasts.